Great Barrier Reef flats fishing with Trophy Hunter 838 & 836 stickbait rods

Some photos and video of a recent trip fishing the flats of the Great Barrier Reef using small slow sinking and floating stickbaits. Soft rod tips combined with a strong bottom end are critical for this type of fishing given the small lures used to catch large, hard fighting reef fish in very shallow water.

Gear used

Rods: Trophy Hunter 836 & 838 stickbait

Reel: Stella 14000, Stella 10000

Line: Power Pro 65lb braid

Lures: shimano 71g sardine ball, yo-zuri 48g twitch bait